Deng Xiaoping
(1904–1997), leader of the Chinese Communist Party. Deng Xiaoping, head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the 1980s, survived the purges of the Cultural Revolution of 19...
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Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-p'ing) (1904-1997) became the most powerful leader in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the 1970s. He served as the chairman of the Communist party's Military Commissio...
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The revolution of 1911 changed China in that it brought about the end of 2000 years of imperial rule, however little true change occurred. The country had already become out of central go...
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China's leadership collectively decided to crack down on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989, the oldest daughter of late Chinese supreme leader Deng Xiaoping said Sunday.The daught...
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Jan 10 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on January 17 since 1900: 1919 - Classical pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski became prime
minister of Poland. 1929 - King Ina...
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Bo Yibo, the last of the "Eight Immortals" who led China through economic reforms and the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has died, an official news agency reported Tuesday. He was 98.Bo's death wa...
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Shanghai's benchmark stock index plunged nearly 9 percent on Tuesday, its biggest drop in more than 10 years, as investors unloaded stocks to lock in profits after recent gains.The Shanghai Composi...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
CHINA NEEDS REFORMS FOR 'HARMONIOUS SOCIETY' (The Daily Yomiuri
as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun)
Widening gaps between the hav...
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Oct 22 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on Oct. 29 since 1900: 1923 - Turkey became a republic under its first president,
Kemal Ataturk. 1929 - Prices crashed on...
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A newly promoted Chinese leader being groomed for China's top
posts expressed a wish Thursday to see an expansion of China's
improving ties with Japan, a senior Japanese lawmaker who held tal...
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Dec 20 (Reuters) - Thais vote on Sunday in the first
general election since a September 2006 coup that ousted Prime
Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, twice winner by a landslide and
now in exile. Thaks...
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Dec 23 (Reuters) - Thais voted on Sunday in the first
general election since a September 2006 coup that ousted former
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, twice winner by a landslide
and now in exil...
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BEIJING, Jan 17 (Reuters) - An official Chinese obituary
praised a late Communist Party city boss on Thursday for
"maintaining stability" during the 1989 Tiananmen Square
protests in a rare mentio...
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Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
The Rise of Deng Xiaoping in China
Daughter: Deng not alone on Tiananmen
